police are stepping up patrols. could afternoon i'm steve sanders. we welcome our viewers were watching us around the country on wgn america. our top story this latest attack occurred just after midnight yesterday morning. a woman was walking home from a mattress stop. mother was a block away from home and slam tournament purse from behind knocked it down and then hit her. women suffered injuries to your face and back. the police chief is clapton's conference. >> attempt of the

working around the clock. >> to insurer resident is a party for us to bring a suspect to justice. there is no description. the man was wearing all black and a ski mask. some commuters say they want to know why the attacker has not yet been caught. >> i do not understand why there are no cops around that time. >> it should be more police officers out. i cannot imagine why it keeps happening in the same place over and over again. police have been going door-to-door canvassing homes looking for security video. officers are urging commuters to attend a citizens' patrol meeting tomorrow night at the train station. 55 goldman was beaten to death in romeoville. police

are holding two suspects. it happened yesterday morning. officers got a tip about the attack and arrived to find him critically injured. he did not survive. police and charged a 15 year-old with aggravated battery charges pending against an adult. names have not yet been released. suspended search for a man fell into lake michigan saturday night. the 56 real fell from a syllable. he was not wearing a life jacket. the police department's marine unit was set to take over the search using sonar. >> the 52 world is being sentenced this afternoon and cook county court of half >> the 14 year-old was found near death

outside and 2011. died soon after. authorities say the house was infested. many of the dogs kept birds and other animals in a home or even a dead arm boners. felt obligated by her feet to take an animal that showed up on her doorstep. >> looking for the driver of a blue chevy vehicle. officers responding >> the 22 year-old malcolm franklin jumped out of the vehicle. what running from a squad car franklin reportedly aimed a gun at the officer and he got out and shot and killed him. police and it may have been two suspects in the vehicle. if george lukas goes ahead with a plan to build a museum on chicago's lakefront he left to deal with a big chunk of the city's past. the proposed museum site

sits on a massive land for the so whoever builds there left to pick up and dispose of a mountain of chicago garbage dating back a century. the city will not pay for. the builders will have to foot the bill. >> a woman is injured by falling tree. a woman was walking her dog this morning with the 65 tree trapping her between the branches. she had minor injuries those under investigation. a firefighter. recent rainfall never sena have loosened its roots. work tickets under way on a blind residengets under way on the blue line renovation. >> we barack this means to many writers as they arrived to catch the train this morning.

starting september 4th there and for six weeks of inconvenience. many blue line riders and logan square are beginning to formulate alternate travel plans. >> find a different route. have to leave a half-hour earlier. very inconvenient. >> close to california's station on september 4th for six weeks. six weeks of changes is a big change. my work will not change. structural repairs better lighting short-term stuff and a bike racks are among the upgrades planned here. historic features will be restored in a public art installed. will be another thing left to figure appeared have never even thought of it. i moved here in november. >> the boss will be an option that they provide saythe expanded

service. will be added during overnight hours. i may take the bus or i'm just going to walk. the planned renovation was shot a dame and station through december 22nd appeared become . they can head to dame and while work here is being done. i would have to walk there and all the way to the other one. especially for my little girl. hall and up having to go to the western station. the western stock will receive upgrades this fall. station will remain open for rutgers. travel times both inbound and outbound will be cut by 10 minutes for the average 80,000 rides each day. >> they're making station improvements. the station is very old. i would like to see it improved. six weeks is ok with me. the california station will reopen october 16th. live

this afternoon then logan square. >> the governor signed legislation that expands the boss on shoulders program. >> help cut down on commuting times. next program permanent and his the way for service to expand to other parts of the chicago expressway system as well as the illinois tollway the mayor's meeting of thousands of other mayors to talk about the minimum wage and education. on a panel looking into the growing gap between rich and poor. he will be talking about a plan that he endorses to rays chicago's minimum wage $13 an hour. the mayor says the city council not take action until

the illinois general assembly considers increasing the statewide minimum wage after the the november election. >> the mayor is talking up its plan to provide preschool for 1500 low-income children. >> chicago have really rooting interest in this year iyears little negro singers. the first team and three tickets to advance to the tournament. live on the city's washington park neighborhood with the story. >> fans of little league baseball have no doubt been following the accident story of the jackie robinson west league baseball team. the scrappy players have beat the odds. the have now made it to the little league wrote serious in williamsport pennsylvania. >> he is just having a ball. it is an expense of a lifetime for him. >> the team clinched the title. when

players came from behind to beat new all but the indiana. to take the great lakes region championship came in indianapolis. they did it in hollywood stuff with the bases loaded >> there were two votes actually. >> >> i'm not sure if i'm going to get the time off. became the first all black team from chicago >> they're doing better in school. that is because the parents are heavily involved in their lives making sure that they're not only good athletes to good students as well. >> we cannot wait to get there.

>> they are babies. >> it has been a world and experience for all of us. leader of the wounds on the edge. that is a great story. coming up next up rates continues to erupt in ferguson missouri after the deadly police shooting of an unarmed teenager. the latest on the fatal race car crash involving tony store. the state of illinois will soon accept applications from people want to accept applications from people want to use meda1

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police are hoping to hear more from witnesses. an accident that killed another driver. the tone to year-old was killed saturday night during a sprint car race at a recent track. after the car hit the outside will he walked onto the track were you struck by the car. on the link to the hospital he died. it was captured by this amateur video. hoping there is more a video out there. >> the key is obtaining facts. of great assistance will be accurate data from video

which will help us to clearly isolate what happened at the time. interviews of people who were present. has become very informative. police a store is cooperating with investigators. store released a statement read in part that are not words to describe the sadness i feel. >> out rates continues in the suburb of st. louis where police officer shot and killed on the earned 18 year- old boy. we're now learning the fbi has taken over the investigation of the shooting. >> taking place in ferguson vasari this midday as committee members march for justice. the man of the town is called for calm after last night's run it. it started as a vigil turned into a

protest that escalated into a riot. barry to people were arrested. officials reported a least 1000 people looting the shoe store. a gas station and other businesses. >> a couple of people may be canvassing store is looking into stores. i've heard veteran police officers say they have never seen anything like this in their careers. >> it is something we did not see every day. the 18 year-old who was unarmed was killed on saturday. police a broad assault to the officers before he was shot. witnesses say you saw wondering when he shot multiple times. >> so for missionaries returning home from west africa will be quarantined after working with people infected with ebola virus. officials working to bring the staff back to north carolina. chris and none of the returning missionaries have ston

>> symptoms >> it is on known how many people are returning to the united states or when they will arrive. >> the newly erected ielected president is appointing a prime minister appeared has named a replacement. the new prime minister told vice-president joe biden he plans to move quickly to form an exclusive government. yesterday the u.s. military keratin and new wave of air strikes against isis' targets in the kurdish region of northern iraq. it helped forces freed tens of thousands of people stranded in nearby mountains. negotiators are heading back to cairo today for in direct ceased talks with the palestinians through the egyptian mediators. in 3 day

cease-fire was announced last night. it appears to be holding. landed a couple hundred yards from the cnn bureau. another blast came a few seconds later. nearly 2000 palestinians and 67 israelis have died since israel invaded cause of july 8th. >> we are in the kitchen previewing this weekend's great american lobster yoco

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united became the last airport to cut into regional flights. cutting more than 130 smaller jets in favor of fewer larger planes. more than half of the daily domestic departures are on 50 seat jets. most operated by chicago- based united. could mean a significant financial hit for united. >> members at the chicago yacht club bar are rich after it reported that abridgement of compromise their credit information. craft on june 50 pumping an investigation. according to the chicago business now her may have been installed on one of the servers. a letter states that the server involve contained information on membership but it was not the one used by members to pay their bills online. >> the club is rebuilding the service. >> state of illinois

will soon accept online applications from people wanting to use medical marijuana. patients whose last name began. >> those with last names from him-is the application fee $100 for patients. veterans and those of social security and come get a $50 discount. find a link to the application on our web site. >> time for sports. the bears will try to make it to in a row. >> several players should be returning to the lineup. the bears are back in practice. >> he served a six day suspension after throwing con el fuller to the ground >> he did everything the team wanted in a positive way and he deserved to be back.

than it admits that he could have handled things differently. >> everything they asked me to do i did. i did it exceptionally do it the way they wanted to be done. >> i think i could handle the situation differently. >> returned to practice after the birth of the second child. back from a minor surgery. >> the chicago cubs trying to avoid a sweep. >> funds the gap in right. ryan sweeney scored from second to make it to all. still tied in the 12th with runners on the corners. >> the cubs win 3-2.

they're housed in milwaukee tonight. the white sox going for a serious split. austin jackson clears with a double to the corner. allowed four runs on eight hits. stocks down to. bases loaded and down to the final batter. the sox lose 4-2 and fall to seven games under 500. >> how chicago man is using his business to help promote social equality for women. mi fe.

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in this week's edition of chicago is very home reports how one man is using his business to promote social equality for women. >> this is all the fruit looks when it falls off the tree. this is the first product. the initial product. to some this might look like any old seed. to him and is something that changed his life. part in the oil is a moisturizer rich and anti-oxidants. it comes from inside. it is only made in a remote area of morocco. it is quickly gaining popularity. it is found in many high and beauty products and swans. the moroccan native

found a business using the oil to promote his culture and social change. >> represents my culture and my roots. >> as a child in morocco he witnessed the process of creating art and oil. often hand made by divorced women in need. >> they have to sit on the ground and cracked every shout at a timestone at the time. >> for women 80 lbs. of seats to make a court of a gallon of oil. >> wanted to give back to the hon son heroes behind product used widely in the community. >> he held on to this memory as he uprooted to chicago to pursue a college education. a bold move for somebody whoi knew very little of american culture.

>> he overcame his fears and started his chicago venture. none other than the legendary billy goat tavern. he waited tables with his brother. >> became his home more from home. longtime owner. became his second family. >> a nice guy. always smiling. also where he became accustomed with american culture. master the english language. >> i have to memorize the word. have no idea what it is. after his time he pursued his dream of benefiting the women of his homeland. >> in line of beauty products containing

100 percent organic organogenesis oil. the purchases the oil directly from the women's corps operatives and donates to them part of the proceeds to help them gain financial independence. >> i felt like that could be my mother or that could be my sister. if everybody would do what i would do these women could have a better life. can be found in 400 salons nationwide. so far he has donated more than $25,000 to moroccan women. the dream does not end there. >> i want to spend my 50s-'60s building foundations to help support peace and build schools around these regions. i want to keep on doing it. >> he is one of chicago's very own >> and doing some great work pieces to make yearly trip to personally deliver the proceeds from

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spectacular photo. about 30 percent larger and 14% brighter than a normal move because the orbit puts it closer to the earth and other forms. >> wild fires are burning in the pacific northwest. one of the fire fighters working on the blaze in central washington state. he and his team are in an exhausting 13 day assignment. burned 24,000 a.. a record 7 million a. and burned in northern canada. has been vacationing was last week up in michigan. beautiful upper peninsula. what was interesting is carl shot the sign that shows how much snow came down. how this past winter's 300 past went to of

sno >> over 300 in. of snow. the biggest know year there was like >> 89.7. quite a difference. harvested these cherry tomatoes. some great salads and a beautiful summer for growing tomatoes. major cycle. shows as this plane laden storm. finally thank you for that. our team was out on the south side that the parade. send us the shot. was there along with tongue in. anytime you're in a parade to leave

me is the star of the show. it is turned kind of nice out there. look at the sunshine. there are formidable. this will be the 12th consecutive davis had a degree or higher temperature. >> august is also precisely normal. one-tenth the degree above normal we have a 55 percent chance of a thunderstorm. a 60 percent chance tonight. that dropped tomorrow as to get days of northeast wind and canadian high pressure to come in here. will deliver some lovely weather. until the front steps through you do not cut off the moisture. we have about one plant 8 in. of water evaporated in the atmosphere. there's

a big high pressure that comes in midweek and brings us some beautiful weather. the moisture did its thing last night. look at this plot of rainfall. shows were the heaviest rain came down. folks up north and west. >> look at some of these numbers. close to 3 in.. an inch and a half for nearly that at waukegan. a beautiful day going after these clouds have broken up blowing some sunshine. here is the view looking in on the north side of ththe city. the sound emerging from the clubs. there uc the showers exiting the area right there. if you heard claps of thunder that was the system that did it to you. by afternoon later on there will be widely scattered showers that develop. a couple

more between then and midnight. clouts come in and that is one in north wind starts walking around. we ought to clear up as the day goes on tomorrow. some areas could have another half- inch of rain. this follows an 81 degree high on sunday. 82 at midway. 83 as the normal high. the loss six up pretty well. what has been missing at a really hot days. have a producer with whom i have it at all the time about the lack of 93 days. he says it is disappointing i say it is great.

this afternoon mainly cloudy warm and humid. clusters of showers and thunderstorms have 81. i even got there and the winter. >> to my clusters of thunderstorms this evening. clouds and a few showers like tonight. when it turns north- northwest. tomorrow breezy with laura and humidity is. will start breaking up later in the day. it might be a brief shower parent have 75. back to the 80s again wednesday for the rest of the week with an 82. mostly sunny skies in the middle of the week. gorgeous weather. look at it this way. we save money on air-conditioning. >> see you guys. time for the ears trivia. time for the ears trivia.

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in today's lunchbreak. lobster lovers your mouth is watering. we are previewing lobster fest. thank you for coming in. >>i love your boston accent. >>i am so excited. i had my first lobster roll this past week. i was in boston at fenway park. it was great. >>i have never had a lobster roll. it is fantastic. >>we are making these rolls in

>>we get some east coast buns. >>looks like it has butter. >>oh yeah. 2-3 swipes on each side. sorry. >>looks delicious. >>we use very little filler. we use light mayonaisse. i will demonstrate. you use a little lobster and a little mayo. >>start off with garlic salt and paprika. we

literally let the lobster do the talking. >>tell us what we can expect. >>25 bands, fireworks on saturday. tons of seafood. >>anything that comes with lobster you can find at navy pier. >>fill that thing with lobster. as much as you can put in there. >>that is about 2 lobsters right there. >>i am tempted to take a bite. >>it is like our

hotdogs. >>multiple different options. you get an hour to finish it. whoever finishes the fastest will get a bunch of different prizes. >>the whole shabang >> sounds like this is great >>we want to make it the best. >>to learn more about the american lobster fest,

americanlobsterfest. com >>lots of lobster to go around. >>thanks guys. i am go around. >>thanks guys. i am excited.

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than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. time for the answer to today's trivia question. but if the great lakes is the smalleswhich of the great lakes is the smallest by volume? >> as always tom skilling got it right. it's like yuri. >> because of the shallowness it warms up. 116 cubic miles. the shallowest of the lakes. the shore line 871 mi. long. >> that is the lake that had the elegy plume recently. >> a couple more thunderstorms yet to blow up. you could see them going across the area. these things will

pop as the afternoon goes on. we get a front through here tonight. it keeps us, the good part of tomorrow. at high pressure comes in the middle of the week. that brings a gorgeous weather into the area. look what happens to the wind. this is deceiving. around 9- 14 mi. per hour. the pickup. from the north and northwest. in these to the component along the shoreline. stays fairly windy on wednesday. the wind will let up later in the day. >> you will bring some delightful canadian air. has temperature is now at 65 in minneapolis. we'll get '70s up to this tomorrow. here is the broader picture. >> for us we're in the '70s are enough.

a light wind blowing from the north and northwest. it will turn easterly olin the shoreline. dew points are up there. the wind is less that five.west at 5 >> the mold coat is moderate. we moderate and ragweed low. temperatures in the 80s today. look how we cool to the '70s tomorrow. we go back to the eighties away from the lake on wednesday again. there could be a warm-up taking shape with a kind of in a moderate brand of mild air. there's some real heat later in the 14-16 date range. could bring us some summerlike warmth. another northwest jet stream blowing in here. 75

tomorrow. back to 82. eighties the rest of the seven day. with temperatures not far from 90 over the weekend. maybe thunderstorms saturday or sunday. keep an eye on that. not all they range. looks great for thefestthe lobster fest. >> thank you for joining us